Colleges: Mostly female crew to officiate football game

Updated 9:25 pm, Wednesday, October 23, 2013

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Four female officials will be working a game between Division II Miles and Lane in what appears to be a first for a college football game.

The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, an Atlanta-based league composed of historically black schools, said Thursday night's game at Miles will mark the first time a mostly female officiating crew has worked any NCAA football game. The league said the NFL's director of football officials, David Coleman, and director of recruiting, Ron Baynes, will attend the game to evaluate the officials' performance.

With David Ash still sidelined due to lingering symptoms from a head injury, Texas has a two-pronged approach to its backup quarterback situation this week at TCU.

Jalen Overstreet, who redshirted last year and began this season at tailback, has a package of running plays and will replace starter Case McCoy if he's needed for a play or two, or if there's a blowout. But if McCoy is injured in a close game and can't return, UT will turn to freshman Tyrone Swoopes.

Coach Mack Brown said the team prefers not to waste Swoopes' redshirt year for only a series or two, or part of one game.

Odds and ends

Sam Richardson will keep his job as Iowa State's starting quarterback against Oklahoma State on Saturday after being pulled in favor of Grant Rohach in last week's loss to Baylor. … Linebacker Jeremi Powell will have surgery for a torn ACL, becoming the eighth Florida player to suffer a season-ending injury.